Yes--I think the Kerouac scandal described in my other post confirms that money is what motivates him. Also, after reading the part there which says, "He's persona non grata among Kerouac scholars", it occurred to me that he's been misrepresenting his academic credentials. His website says he has degrees in Literature:
Gerald Nicosia received a B.A. (1971) and an M.A. (1973) in English and American Literature. . .Nicosia has been a freelance journalist, interviewer, and literary critic for the past twenty years. . .Nicosia has taught creative writing and journalism at the University of Illinois and the University of California, Los Angeles. ..Nicosia is also well-known for his own poetry and fiction, much of which has been published in literary magazines.
But here is how he is described in every article I've seen on his "theft" claims:
Historian: Kerry FBI files stolen
FBI documents about FBI surveillance of John Kerry in the early 1970s have been stolen, according to their owner, a historian who lives near San Francisco, California.
Now I happen to have one of my degrees in History, and I can tell you I didn't get it by taking Literature classes, teaching creative writing, or writing books on Jack Kerouac. Furthermore, as the above indicates, Nicosia is not even considered a reputable scholar by his colleagues in his own field. Nicosia is an academic fraud.
Powerful.
Sorry to say, this is too complex for the police.
He's filed a false report for a very specific purpose.